The day book. (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, December 23, 1914, LAST EDITION, Image 9

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vjr"tf "-- rwlHT1LETTERS TO EDITORA WAITER'S OPINION ONMASTERS AND SLAVESEditor Day Book A union mangave me a copy of the Examiner and asked me what I thought ofthe Examiner's editorial on the oneo'clock closing law. Now I despisethe union man that buys a trustnewspaper and despise those who advocate petty larceny reforms.I am "a waiter; my occupationbrings me into contact with two distinct classes, viz., master and slaveclass. The former producing nothing, living on the fat of the land; thelatter producing all and starving. Unlike a good many of my fellow workers, who try to imitate their mastersby selling the sex of some underpaidworking girl, I have thrown in my lotwith the working class.I have worked in almost everydance hall in the city of Chicago, buthave never seen anything that wouldshock anybody's modesty. I haveseen orgies in the clubs of the idlerich that would make Billy Sundaywail and gnash his teeth.The editor of the Examiner whoprostitutes his intelligence in the interest of the master class was silentduring the waitresses' strike; theywanted a living wage. The churcheswere silent. Waiters are paying $3 aweek in almost every cabaret in thecity of Chicago for the privilege ofworking, yet the Examiner is silent,so are all the other trust rags thatworking men patronize.I have worked from coast to coast,have come into contact with thosewomen of the underworld in cabaretsin New York, Chicago, Denver, SanFrancisco and Seattle, and their taleof woe is not the dance hall, but lowwages, long hours, unemployment.They are forced into the life by theso-called followers of the lowly Nazarene, viz., the Fields, Hearsts, Rockefellers and the hirelings who chloroform the minds of the workers by advocating petty larceny reforms.The waitresses who dared to'de-amand a living wage were calledstreet-walkers" by Funkhouser of themorals squad. Why? Because heknows that if girls get a living wage,it's good bye job.Now until the working class forgetthe war in Europe and confine theirattention to the war that is ragingright here, millions out of employment, thousands starving, the sons ofthe only class that has a right to liveforced to beg or steal and the daughters of the same class forced either tosell their sex or commit suicide, reforms will amount to naught. Whenthey think for themselves and organize the hours will be shortened andthe wages increased, and they willneed no Christian Endeavor advocateto legislate a code of morals forthem.I am not writing this to favor theliquor interests. As I stated, waiters have to pay in the majority ofcabarets for the privilege of holdinga job. Of course those men, at leastthe majority of them, live off of awoman. This thing will go on untilsuch time as the working class demand the union button and unionwaiters demand a living wage. So ifyou1 don't want a pimp to wait onyou, demand the union button.In conclusion don't stand for anymore of Hearst's bunk. PatronizeThe Day Book, the only paper that isfair to the working class. Let Williesell his rag to the interests that he Isso faithfully serving. If you do thisprostitution, child labor and the othercurses 6f capitalism will cease andthe Kingdom of Christ will be established on this earth. Thos. J. Ryan,167 N. La Salle st"HERE'S TO PATSY"Editor Day Book Here's to you,Patsy Brannigan. You talk like aMan. Don't worry about the few thatdo not, will not, or can not understand we of your school.And here's "A Merry Christmas toyou, brother." If you have nothi"3ii-r .ifiiijSftifaiY t-T81 jilWJjjr-jLj'H' - Jj-il'CC. 4.W.u ,JJ